Viewership of the 2015 Miss USA pageant was sharply down Sunday night compared to last year after owner Donald Trump's controversial comments about Mexican immigrants led NBC and Univision to dump the show.

Viewership averaged 925,000 during the Sunday broadcast on REELZChannel, the Nielsen ratings firm confirmed Tuesday. That was an all-time low for the pageant.

While a flop and a disappointment for the pageant contestants, Sunday's viewership numbers are nonetheless a huge hit for REELZ, a little-known cable network that focuses on the dramatic stories of Hollywood personalities. REELZ reaches approximately 70 million homes.The pageant viewership was between six-and-a-half and nine times the average REELZ viewership during prime time, according to figures from billionaire owner Stan Hubbard and Nielsen.

The all-time high viewership for the Miss USA pageant was 38.1 million in 1979.

Trump is suing Univision for $500 million for breach of contract; his lawyer has also claimed that Trump will take legal action against NBCUniversal, though their relationship reportedly mandates arbitration. Trump has continued to defend his comments despite the havoc his opinions have wreaked on his business deals.